Toyota, peers make cooperation key to Japan automakers’ global survival

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Toyota CEO Koji Sato is taking on a new role to champion industry collaboration, while Honda and Nissan both say partnerships are vital.  (Source photos by Kazumi Saito, Azusa Kawakami, Yuki Nakao and Akira Kodaka)

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TOKYO — Japanese automakers are pursuing greater collaboration with one another as the best way to meet the challenges of Chinese competition, U.S. tariffs and a global slowdown in electric vehicle adoption.